The Mountain West is in serious dialogue to add FCS powerhouse North Dakota State as a football-only member starting this coming season

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disco said:
Air Force will probably generate interest.
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I suppose the triple option aspect could drive some curiosity. There will also be a general novelty and curiosity to see just how well the Bison will do against these new division teams. But I don't think they're going to have that much trouble competing.
 

disco said:
Going independent is only going to become more difficult to near impossible because of scheduling. Especially if the conferences are going to all go to 9 conference games. I think this is why Sac St. became so desperate that they paid their way into a terrible conference. They wouldn't have been able to schedule as an independent.
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That's fine but I'm talking about when Liberty forced its way into FBS as an independent starting in the 2018 season. No one can convince me that NDSU could not have done the same, say starting in the 2019 season.

They chose not to and wanted to wait specifically for a conference invite.
 

GopherGrit said:
I suppose the triple option aspect could drive some curiosity. There will also be a general novelty and curiosity to see just how well the Bison will do against these new division teams. But I don't think they're going to have that much trouble competing.
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The one thing about the academies, is they are, in a sense, national brands.
 

NDSU draws NIU, Wyoming, Nevada and UTEP for home matchups and has Hawaii, New Mexico, UNLV and Air Force on the road. They avoid the hated San Joses this year. I know the scrap heap conferences want as many P4 matchups as possible to help pay the bills, but I wonder how long until they, too, go to a 9 game conference schedule (if they have 10 teams) since P4 matchups will be harder to come by?
 

swede2 said:
NDSU draws NIU, Wyoming, Nevada and UTEP for home matchups and has Hawaii, New Mexico, UNLV and Air Force on the road. They avoid the hated San Joses this year. I know the scrap heap conferences want as many P4 matchups as possible to help pay the bills, but I wonder how long until they, too, go to a 9 game conference schedule (if they have 10 teams) since P4 matchups will be harder to come by?
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UNLV Athletic Dept has sent out a message specifically about this home game this fall. No date was provided. I'm betting that a bunch of ND folks trek to Vegas for this one.
 



Vegas and Hawaii should be easy road trips to sell, at least until the novelty wears off.
 

GopherGrit said:
Vegas and Hawaii should be easy road trips to sell, at least until the novelty wears off.
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It's North Dakota, those two places will never wear off. They would run out of money before they ran out of interest leaving Fargo or the State in general for those two locations. It's a shame they get them both on the road in the same year. Would be beneficial to them to split those up. Now, ABQ, CSprings, and Laramie could get old for some. They will be surprised with Reno if the venture out to nearby Tahoe and Truckee. Normal and El Paso? Gonna pass on those.
 






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Ramblin Man said:
Dang it, I am usually pretty good at placing universities with their towns. Yes, my mistake. Still not an interesting place.
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Of my favorite games is playing "Where is that college/ university?" (only D1 though)
 

Ramblin Man said:
It's North Dakota, those two places will never wear off. They would run out of money before they ran out of interest leaving Fargo or the State in general for those two locations. It's a shame they get them both on the road in the same year. Would be beneficial to them to split those up. Now, ABQ, CSprings, and Laramie could get old for some. They will be surprised with Reno if the venture out to nearby Tahoe and Truckee. Normal and El Paso? Gonna pass on those.
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El Paso has a great football venue IMO. No reason to spend more than a couple days there, one for football and one for margaritas/TexMex, but it’s worth a trip.
 



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